Sentence examples for hind limbs from inspiring English sources

The hind limbs were well developed, with strong running muscles.

"If the hind limbs are very fragile, you have to land safely," he said.

A stray dog backing away from its owner "in a palsy of hind limbs".

Even though tortoises possess columnar hind limbs and stubby hind feet, they dig their nests with alternating scooping movements of their hind limbs, like most other turtles.

Frogs and toads are tailless and somewhat squat with long, powerful hind limbs modified for leaping.

Quadrupedalism involves both forelimbs and hind limbs, of course, although not to an equal extent.

Long, powerful hind limbs propel the fused head and trunk in a forward trajectory.

The hind limbs are lost entirely; only vestigial elements sometimes remain internally.

The front limbs were longer than the hind limbs, and the back sloped downward.

Certain burrowing lizards may have only front or hind limbs or be completely legless.

"They go from dragging hind limbs to actually taking functional steps.